Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them. -Robert Graves

 

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.


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We forget cruelty and past betrayal, Heedless of where the next bright bolt may fall.

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One smile relieves a heart that grievesthough deadly sad it be,and one hard look Can close the book that lovers love to see.

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The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

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Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from the problem to the answer.

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I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them, travel abroad, experience the horror of sordid passion and-if he is lucky enough-know the love of an honest woman.

Robert Graves